Outpost Recordings achieved its greatest commercial successes with Days of the New and The Crystal Method, but never became a financially profitable operation.

"[2] Prior to its official launch, Outpost signed a five-year, multi-million dollar joint-venture deal with Geffen Records, who agreed to handle the label's marketing, promotion and distribution worldwide.

[8] In January 1997, Outpost signed a deal with the independent EDM label City of Angels to distribute its releases outside of North America, where the genre was more popular.

[9][10] The deal also gave Outpost the ability to sign some of City of Angels' artists, most notably The Crystal Method, directly to the label.

[10] 1997 saw Outpost experience its greatest commercial successes with Days of the New's self-titled debut album and The Crystal Method's Vegas,[11] which were certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1998 and 2007, respectively.

[11] According to Gershon:"The original reason our joint venture with Geffen was successful was because they didn't put out a lot of records and they needed help in A&R.